Is this is a way herpes is spread?

[Mermaidocto]

My husband gets herpes in his nose, I have the biggest fear of laying on his chest because when he laughs it’s by blowing air through his nose, and like a big blow too, I can feel air on my arm when he laughs like that. I’m sooo afraid of him laughing and then him blowing and catching herpes in my eye or if he is holding a baby and laughs and the nose blows the virus on to the baby, is this something that’s possible?

[Terri Warren]

No, I think the odds of that are 1 in a million of acquiring herpes in that way. I assume that you have tested negative for HSV 1 yourself?

Terri

[Mermaidocto]

So is there a chance though if he blew air in my eye through his nose by laughing I could get the virus in my eye? (If he had an outbreak inside the nose, which he does get)

[Mermaidocto]

You say one in a million does that mean it’s a possibility? He laughs blowing air through his nose a lot, and I have felt it on my eye before because he was looking straight at me

[Terri Warren]

That was kind of an exaggeration. The odds are probably way lower than one in a million. I think this is something you really should take off your worry list. And you didn’t tell me if you’ve been tested for HSV 1 or not?

Terri

[Mermaidocto]

I have and I was not positive 🙂 (it has been a a year since I tested though)
Does that mean it’s something that can happen? Getting herpes of my eye when I feel his nose puff air in my eye when I’m close to his face during an outbreak in his nose?

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 5 days ago by Mermaidocto.

[Terri Warren]

No, I don’t believe that is something that can happen. You know that HSV 1 can be spread from oral contact with him even when he has no symptoms and that the igG test misses 30% of HSV 1 infections.

Terri

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by Terri Warren.

[Mermaidocto]

Yes I know that, I am less afraid of oral herpes :), the fear of getting herpes in my eye from his nose blowing air in my eye was my biggest fear

[Terri Warren]

That is not a rationale fear, mermaidocto

Terri

[Mermaidocto]

So I don’t need to worry about when he has an active outbreak in his nose when I feel air blow from his nose in my eye? Even when I’m up close kissing

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